Blood Transfusion = Physiology Flashcards

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How are ABO blood groups determined?

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ABO gene encodes Glucosyltransferase to produce certain glycans which are added to proteins & lipids on red cells. these are the antigens denoting blood group

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What surface antigen is A, B & O?

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A = N-acetyl-galactosamine
B = Just Galactose
O = No antigen (it's gene is a non-functional allele)
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3
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How are blood groups inherited?

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O is recessive

A & B are dominant

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How do you decide which blood group to give when giving red cells?

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The donor musn’t have any antigens (A or B) that the recipient doesn’t have or the host will attack the donor cells

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So who can give/receive group A red cells?

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A can give to A or AB (as they won’t react to the donor A antigen)

The can only take from A or O

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Who can give/receive group B red cells?

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B can give to B or AB

Can only take from B or O

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Who can give/receive group O red cells?

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Can donate to anyone (as no antigens)

But can’t receive from anyone but O

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Who can give/receive group AB red cells?

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Only donates to AB and can take from anyone

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The rules for donating fresh frozen plasma are different to red cells. How do blood groups affect FFP donation?

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With FFP donor must have all the antigens the recipient has (can also have extra.) But it won’t work if the recipient has antigens not present in the donor

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So who can give/receive group A FFP?

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Can give to A or O

Receive from A + AB

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So who can give/receive group B FFP?

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Can give to B or O

Can only receive from B or AB

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So who can give/receive group AB FFP?

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Give to A, B, AB or O (so anyone)

Can receive from AB

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So who can give/receive group O FFP?

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O can only donate to O but they can receive from anyone

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Other than the ABO blood groups the other main grouping is RhD +ve vs RhD -ve. What’s the danger of RhD?

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If RhD -ve people receive RhD +ve blood they will create Anti-D antibodies –> Transfusion reaction

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How is RhD involved in maternity?

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An RhD -ve mother can pass on anti-D antibodies to their newborn.
If they’re RhD +ve the newborn will develop haemolytic disease

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What do we test a blood donor for before using their blood?

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Behavioural screen (sex, age, travel, tattoos etc)
ABO & RhD group testing
Inf screening (HEP B,C,E, HIV & syphilis)